Andrew B. Newberg Quotes
The thing that concerns me more than anything is when anybody becomes closed off and exclusive of other people's ideas. All of our brains are in the same mode of searching when trying to understand reality, and when we come to a belief system that makes sense to us we hold it strongly, whether it's an atheist view, or a Christian view, or a Muslim view, whatever, then it's very hard to let go and I think it's so important to try to foster dialogue.
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Girls run the world.
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Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.
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Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.
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In terms of the brain, you can in a crude way think of the human brain as a computer.
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When I work on a piece I always think if there is an abundance of male characters which one could we change to a woman or a minority character.
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The thing that concerns me more than anything is when anybody becomes closed off and exclusive of other people's ideas. All of our brains are in the same mode of searching when trying to understand reality, and when we come to a belief system that makes sense to us we hold it strongly, whether it's an atheist view, or a Christian view, or a Muslim view, whatever, then it's very hard to let go and I think it's so important to try to foster dialogue.
